{"product_id":"the-waiting-room","title":"The Waiting Room","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheWaitingRoom-Sample.pdf?v=1715833113\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e   |   \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/983\/the-waiting-room\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man seeks resolution when the spirit of his abusive mother calls from the grave. A sex worker finds temporary salvation with a returning Australian tourist professing his love. The afterlife plays host to a vast museum dedicated to jetsam from the living world. In this debut fiction collection, these imagined worlds are set variously in plural Singapores, Southeast Asia and beyond, and illuminate the urgent need to connect even after death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Brimming with debris and surreal dreamers, \u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e makes phantasms of its tenderly rendered lives. Choo Yi Feng tells of queer Singapores and their ecologies with cluttered shores, open wounds, temporary bodies, and a fateful voice. I'll be watching what he comes out with next.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Wen-yi Lee, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dark We Know\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoo Yi Feng\u003c\/strong\u003e (he\/him) is an intertidal explorer, environmental activist, ecologist and fiction writer. His writing has been published in \u003cem\u003eFoglifter Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQueer Southeast Asia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePR\u0026amp;TA\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlluvium: The Journal of Literary Shanghai\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBayou Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Curios\u003c\/em\u003e, the annual student journal of Tembusu College at NUS. His story “Spider Hunters” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and his aspirations are divided between being a fiction writer and a marine biologist. \u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e is his debut collection of short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48313198608681,"sku":"9789815105704","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/TheWaitingRoom_CV.jpg?v=1713946520","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-waiting-room","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}